Rei Sakamoto and Patrick Maloney will face off in the 2nd round of the Cary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on STADIUM. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rei Sakamoto who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rei Sakamoto is the pick to win this match.
Rei Sakamoto -> 1.57
Patrick Maloney -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Rei Sakamoto vs. Patrick Maloney
There is no head to head record between Rei Sakamoto and Patrick Maloney since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Rei Sakamoto
18 - 13win/loss
291
278
WWWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-13 | 16-8 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-16 | 12-11 | 6-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-11 | 1-4 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-6 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 291, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after beating Nicolas Mejia 6-7(8) 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round against Mejia, Rei recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-78 6-3 6-3). During the match, Sakamoto scored 121 points vs Mejia’s 111. Sakamoto was exceptionally aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sakamoto made 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Rei Sakamoto lost the serve twice and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (55/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (27/53) on the 2nd serve. Sakamoto broke Mejia 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Sakamoto has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 52% of his matches (49-46). 12-8 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Sakamoto has an aggregate30-26 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
The Japanese’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger.
Sakamoto has an overall 17-13 win-loss record in 2025, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Patrick Maloney
31 - 14win/loss
325
325
WLWLWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-14 | 6-6 | 15-8 | 10-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-21 | 18-10 | 7-2 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-8 | 5-3 | 1-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-10 | 4-3 | 7-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 325 (career-high), the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Strong Kirchheimer 6-2 3-6 7-6(6).
In the 1st round, Patrick defeated Kirchheimer (6-2 3-6 7-66). During the match Maloney scored 88 points vs Kirchheimer’s 81. The American was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Maloney managed to score 14 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Patrick Maloney was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (43/50) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Maloney broke Kirchheimer twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Ithaca and M15 Sherbrooke.
Patrick has a compiled 31-13 win-loss record in 2025, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakamoto | Maloney |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 30 |
| Pts | 121-111 | 88-81 |
| Total Points | 232 | 169 |
| Winners | 55 | 43 |
| %Winners | 45% | 49% |
Both Sakamoto and Maloney played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Rei Sakamoto lost 1 set, while Patrick Maloney dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sakamoto and Maloney have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Sakamoto played 1 game more than Maloney. Rei scored 55 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Maloney scored 43 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakamoto | Maloney |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 14 |
| 1st in | 80/133 | 50/78 |
| %1st in | 60% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 55/80 | 43/50 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 27/53 | 16/28 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 57% |
Sakamoto recorded 12 aces . Maloney struck 14 aces . Sakamoto won 69% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Maloney won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakamoto | Maloney |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 38% | 29% |
| Conceded | 15 | 2 |
| Saved | 13 | 1 |
| % Saved | 87% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Rei broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Sakamoto dropped his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sakamoto | |||
| R1 Mejia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-78 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 121-111 | 121-111 | |
| Total points | 232 | 232 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 80/133 | 80/133 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 55/80 | 55/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/53 | 27/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 13/15 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 87% | 87% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Maloney | |||
| R1 Kirchheimer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 88-81 | 88-81 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 50/78 | 50/78 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 43/50 | 43/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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